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In this puzzle you must help a farmer get a fox, a chicken, and a bag of corn safely across a river in a boat. The farmer may only take one thing at a time in the boat. She cannot leave the fox and the chicken together on either side of the river, or the fox will eat the chicken. Likewise, she cannot leave the chicken alone with the bag of corn or the chicken will eat the corn. How can the farmer get everything across the river without anything being eaten?
Use the space below to show how you helped the farmer solve her problem. You may use pictures and/or words.